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Pass – To fold.

Passive – A weak player who checks and calls hands rather than betting and raising.

Paint – Face cards – any jack, queen or king.

Pair – Any two of a kind.

Picasso Flop – A flop containing all face cards.

Picked Off – when another player calls a player attempting a bluff.

Play Back – To raise or reraise another player’s bets. In Rounders, Mikey plays back at Johnny Chan during the Taj scene.

Play The Board – When a player uses the five community cards to make their best hand in Hold’Em.

Pocket Pair – Holding a pair as one’s hole cards.

Pocket Rockets – Pocket aces.

Poker Face – A player that reveals very little emotion during a hand has a good poker face.

Position – Indicates where a player is seated at a table in relation to the dealer button.

Post – To put money in the pot as a blind or an ante.

Pot – Money or chips that are wagered and placed in the middle of the table during a hand.

Pot Odds – A complex calculation, factoring in a player’s outs, the amount of money in the pot and how much it will cost to call a bet.

Pre-flop – Refers to the betting round before the first three community cards are dealt.

Premium Hands – The best possible hands, like high pocket pairs.

Price – Refers to the pot odds a player is receiving to pursue a draw.

Protect – To put in a good-sized bet or raise with the intention of protecting a strong hand.

Puck – Slang term for the button, due to the fact it resembles a hockey puck.

Push – When a player decides to start playing more aggressively, they are making a push.